Australia must treble its emissions reduction targets and reach net-zero emissions by 2035. Without this and other radical global action, the chance to hold warming to well below 2°C will pass us by.
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Electricity emissions can be cut to net-zero while keeping the lights on and prices down. But achieving that quickly means keeping gas around, for now.
Britain’s electricity sector continues to decarbonise, but its capacity to store energy lags far behind.
Yallourn power station, Australia’s oldest and dirtiest coal plant, will close four years ahead of schedule. Without a national policy, coal workers are left dangerously exposed.
Our research found they deploy faster, improve quicker and are more equitable.
Joe Biden has sweeping plans for a clean energy revolution. Congress will be a big speed bump, but it can’t block everything.
Low-carbon energy sources aren’t all equally well-suited to getting us to net-zero emissions.
Republicans claim that Biden’s clean-energy program would mean massive job losses in the oil-and-gas sector. The figures cited are not supported by the facts.
Ever wanted to own your own wind farm? Well now you can.
Similar arrangements already support the National Park Service, the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies.
Our research identified three key lessons.
Tesla founder Elon Musk has described hydrogen-powered cars as “mind-bogglingly stupid”. So is he right?
Can Europe’s response to the Covid-19 health crisis put its economy on a greener path? To help answer this question, the recent GEM Energy Barometer polled around 100 energy experts in France.
The US is gradually shifting to lower-carbon energy sources, but the COVID-19 pandemic, an oil price crash and a likely recession are big speed bumps.
New research shows how deeply entrenched “us” and “them” attitudes make it much harder to make a fair energy transition.
The world runs on energy, so finding low-emission alternatives to fossil fuels is crucial. Wind and solar are cheap and abundant but can’t do everything. But hydrogen fuel could complete the picture.
There’s still a long road ahead in the electric car revolution. But Australia can learn from New Zealand’s policies to boost electric car sales.
The UN’s climate change conference is coming to the UK this year, and former industrial powerhouse Glasgow is just the city to demonstrate its environmental commitment.
Long term climate targets are meaningless without concrete action. Here’s what the plans of the UK’s two biggest parties mean for the planet.
As the share of renewable energies in the energy mix rises, policymakers must understand how renewable energies can influence electricity prices.
Top contributors
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Professor and Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Economics, University of Pretoria
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs, Penn State
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CEO, Climateworks Centre
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
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Faculty, Graduate Program on the Environment, Evergreen State College
